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hyperframes/packages/engine
Miguel Ángel 6f8bf5f364 fix(engine): resolve relative data-start references for audio tracks (#2062)
parseAudioElements read data-start with a bare parseFloat, so a relative
reference (data-start="introClip", the documented 'start when that clip
ends' pattern) resolved to NaN. The mixer then silently dropped the track,
rendering the whole segment as pure digital silence — even though the SAME
reference on the sibling <video> placed the visual correctly (#2030 taught
parseVideoElements/parseImageElements to resolve refs; audio never learned).

Root fix, single source of truth: extract the Node-side reference resolver
out of videoFrameExtractor into referenceResolver.ts and use it in
parseAudioElements for both <audio> and <video data-has-audio> tracks. Now
every media parser resolves relative timing identically, so audio and video
cannot drift again. The two near-identical parse loops share one builder;
end stays a numeric read (mixer derives real length downstream), NaN-guarded.

Verified end-to-end: a composition with <audio data-start="clipId"> now
renders an audio stream that is silent before the referenced clip ends and
audible after (matches the numeric-start control); previously the output had
no audio stream at all. 78 engine media tests pass (4 new).
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@hyperframes/engine

Seekable web-page-to-video rendering engine built on Puppeteer and FFmpeg.

Framework-agnostic: works with GSAP, Lottie, Three.js, CSS animations, or any web content that implements the window.__hf seek protocol.

Install

npm install @hyperframes/engine

Requirements: Node.js >= 22, Chrome/Chromium (auto-downloaded by Puppeteer), FFmpeg

What it does

The engine opens your HTML composition in a headless Chrome instance, seeks frame-by-frame using Chrome's HeadlessExperimental.beginFrame API, captures screenshots, and encodes them into video with FFmpeg.

Key services

Service Description
browserManager Launches and pools headless Chrome instances (chrome-headless-shell)
frameCapture Manages capture sessions — seek, screenshot, buffer lifecycle
screenshotService BeginFrame-based capture with CDP (Chrome DevTools Protocol)
chunkEncoder FFmpeg encoding with chunked concat, GPU detection, faststart
streamingEncoder Pipe frames to FFmpeg in real time (no intermediate PNGs on disk)
audioMixer Parse <audio> elements and mix audio tracks via FFmpeg
videoFrameExtractor Extract frames from <video> elements for compositing
parallelCoordinator Split frame ranges across worker processes
fileServer Serve local HTML files to the browser via Hono

Usage

import {
  acquireBrowser,
  releaseBrowser,
  createCaptureSession,
  initializeSession,
  captureFrame,
  closeCaptureSession,
} from "@hyperframes/engine";

// 1. Launch browser
const browser = await acquireBrowser({ captureMode: "beginFrame" });

// 2. Open a capture session
const session = createCaptureSession({
  browser: browser.browser,
  url: "http://localhost:3000/my-composition.html",
  width: 1920,
  height: 1080,
  fps: 30,
});
await initializeSession(session);

// 3. Capture frames
for (let i = 0; i < totalFrames; i++) {
  await captureFrame(session, i, `/tmp/frames/frame-${i}.png`);
}

// 4. Clean up
await closeCaptureSession(session);
await releaseBrowser(browser);

Most users should use @hyperframes/producer or the hyperframes CLI instead of calling the engine directly.

Documentation

Full documentation: hyperframes.heygen.com/packages/engine